Warren Joyce’s 4 months at Wigan Athletic were not happy ones, for him or Latics fans, but we are now managerless with 9 games to save the season, if that is even possible now.
Former Manchester United Under-21 manager Joyce, 52, took over in November after Gary Caldwell’s sacking but only won six of 24 games in charge.
David Sharpe said of the decision:
“It is unfortunate that we have made this decision but with the team in such a perilous position in the league, we need to act now because we cannot afford to fall any further behind.
Warren was appointed with the future in mind in terms of developing players but preserving our Championship status is the absolute priority and we have a duty to do whatever gives us the best chance of doing that.
Results and performances have simply not been up to standard often enough in recent matches and although we acknowledge the difficulties faced in managing a team in a league where we are competing against clubs with much larger budgets, the nature of some of our recent defeats, especially against close rivals, has fallen short in terms of what we as a club, and all our supporters, expect.”
Assistant manager Graham Barrow will take charge for the rest of the season.
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